Buckle for connecting checkreins with driving-lines.



PATENTED MARI-22, I904. I; P. ZUFALL. BUCKLE FOR CONNECTING CHEOKREINS WITH DRIVING LINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. '5. 1904.

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, in its normal position.

U ITED STATES JACOB F. ZUFALL, ALDEN, IOWA,

Patented March 22, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO WIL- LIAM J. ATTWOOLL AND JAMES W. DRAPER, F ALDEN, IOWA.

BUCKLE FOR CONNECTING CHECKREINS WITH DRIVING-LINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,205, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed ary 5, 1904.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ACOB F. ZUFALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alden, in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Buckle for Connecting Checkreins with Driving-Lines, of which the following is a specification.

My objectis to provide a buckle adapted to be permanently fixed to the end of a checkstrap and then detachably placed on a line direct and at the proper distance from the end of the line by alateral movement of the buckle relative to the line.

My invention consists in the buckle constructed and applied and operated as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view that shows the form of the buckle-frame and an adjustable tonguecarrier pivotally connected with the frame and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the buckle in an inverted position and j the tongue-carrier in a pendent position. Fig. 3 is an end view of the buckle and shows the tongue-carrier extended laterally therefrom and a section of a check-strap fixed to the tongue-carrier. Fig. 45 is a top View of the buckle and parts of a check-strap and a driveline detachably connected by means of the buckle, as required in practical use. Fig. 5

I is a longitudinal central sectional view of Fig.

. connected at their ends by integral loops 13 and 14, as required, to produce a rigid frame.

.An elongated opening in the part 10 produces a straight bar 15, adapted for pivotally and slidably connecting a tongue-carrier 16 therewith, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. A tongue 17 extends at right angles from the center of the tongue-carrier.

The part 12 has an upward projection 18 at its inner edge and central portion and a slot 19 at the side of the projection, that allows the Serial No- 18'7,840. (No model.)

through, and a recess 20 on the other side of the projection 18 admits the free end of the tongue-carrier, as shown in Fig. 1,-and as required to retain the end of a check-strap 21 connected with the buckle, as shown in Figs. 4: and 5.

When the check-strap 21 is fixed to the tongue-carrier by means of a rivet or in any suitable way and is in position, as shown in Fig. 3, the line 22 can be placed in an overlying position to insert the tongue in a hole in the line and the two leather parts and the tongue-carrier moved jointly, as required, to

press the free end of the tongue-carrier through the slot 20 and then lift and slide the tongue-carrier over the projection 18 and into the recess 19, as shown in Fig. 4, to securely fasten the check-strap to the driving-line.

By means of perforations in the line 22 the check-strap can be fixed at different distances relative to the end of the line that is to be buckled or otherwise connected with the ring of a bridle-bit on a horse.

It is obvious the buckle-frame may vary in' line and thecheck-straps are connected with i the bridles on the horses.

Having thus set forth the purpose of my invention and its construction and manner of use, the practical utility thereof will be readily understood by teamsters and others familiar with the art to which it pertains, and

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Abuckle-frame consisting of two parallel sides connected at their ends by integral loops and one of the sides provided with a slot and a recess and the other side with a tongue-carrier pivotally and slidably connected therewith, for the purposes stated.

2. A buckle composed of a frame consisting of two parallel sides in the form of segments of a circle, cross-pieces in form of loops connecting the ends of the segments, one of them provided with an elongated opening and the free end of the tongue-carrier 16 to pass l'other side provided with a projection at its central portion, a slot for the passage of the free end of a tongue-carrler and a recesss for retaining the free end of a tongue-carrier and IO sides connected at their ends by integral loops and one of the sides provided with a slot and a recess and the other side with a tongue-carrier pivotally and slidably connected therewith in combination with a check-strap and a driving-line, for the purposes stated.

JACOB F. ZUFALL.

Witnesses:

W. B. MILLER, H. E. BUTTON. 

